Bill Peatross:It's showtime for Boston Marathon

10:15 PM,
Apr. 19, 2014

Bill Peatross

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Bill Peatross
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It's almost "show time." At 11 a.m. on Monday, I'll be lined up at the start line in Hopkinton. I'll be easy to recognize. Everyone else will have a watch on their wrist, I'll have a calendar on mine. It's hard to believe that my months of training have come to an end and there are only 26.2 miles remaining. Only?

The last couple of weeks of marathon training bring their own special concerns. The "hay is in the barn" and there's little one can do to improve a marathon performance in the last weeks. Nonetheless, most runners feel guilty that they are not putting in long runs and worry that their ...